Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Lori Mercil - Season 5, Episode 63

LORI MERCIL is a dancer with the Christopher Watson Dance Company, and MotionArt. Lori began her dance training with Vernon Russell in her native California, eventually earning her BFA in Dance from the University of Montana where she studied with many wonderful guest artists, including Douglas Dunn, and Joe Goode. She earned summer scholarships for further study at the Martha Graham School in NYC, and Repertory Dance Theater in Salt Lake City, and has taught and/or performed ballet, jazz, modern, and creative movement in Montana, Oregon, Japan, and the Twin Cities.  In addition to her current dance company cohorts at CWDC and MotionArt, Lori has also performed with Hauser Dance, Marciano Silva dos Santos, Link Vostok, Off-Leash Area, Una Setia, and with Marylee Hardenbergh on many site-specific dance projects, including as project manager and one of several choreographers for the 2015 Solstice River XIX. Lori has taught at Ballare Teatro, CWDC, Dancercize Kids, Hauser Dance, TU Dance, Young Dance, and Zenon, and has shown her own work at Hauser Dance, Kinetic Kitchen, Dances at the Lakes, and Christopher Watson Dance Company, and is currently a co-producer/choreographer for the recently created annual choreographers evening, 16 Feet, along with Gerry Girouard and Becky Heist. Lori is grateful for this amazing Twin Cities dance community, and is looking forward to many more enriching experiences!